Cater said the woman was so bundled up, she only caught a glimpse of white skin. Cater has lived next door to 540 Herring Cove Rd. for the past five years.

“Police just kept telling everyone to move,” Cater said.

A group of people gathered on the front step of 542 Herring Cove Rd. said the victim lives in their building. They said she moved into their building last February and knows people who live in 540 Herring Cove Rd. They had heard that she had been stabbed on her upper side and that the wound was not critical.

Bourdages said they are looking for a 14-year-old white male who was dressed in a black hoodie and blue and white sneakers. He had a white balaclava covering his face at the time of the attack, police said.